Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1200
Publication Place
Kashan (made) -
Subject
Islam
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 29.1cm, Width: 16.1cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
C.170-1977
Record ID
C.170-1977
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1200
Notes
This striking fritware ewer was made in Kashan in Iran around 1200â1220, when this city was producing some of the most striking Islamic ceramics. The body was produced using an impressively accomplished double-shell technique. The plain inner shell â the container for the liquid â was formed, given a monochrome turquoise glaze, and fired in the normal manner. The perforated outer shell was then made around the turquoise centre and decorated in black. Parts of the decoration, including the inscriptions above and below the openwork area, were scratched through this black paint. The outer shell was then glazed in turquoise to match the inner shell, and the whole piece was fired again. The mouth of the ewer was moulded in the form of a cockâs head, and the handle as tail feathers, with details added in black. Such bird- and animal-shaped elements had been a common feature of metalwork ewers since the beginning of the Islamic period, and the double-shell technique, too, may have been inspired by metalwork with openwork decoration.
Sample Text
Verses from a Persian poem Note Persian; Naskh?; Encircling base and neck
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware painted under a coloured glaze Glaze Fritware Firing Glazing Painting
Fiziksel açıklama
Double shell ceramic ewer shaped as a rooster. Body composed of off-white paste with a transparent turquoise glaze decorated with underglaze painted in black and blue, the outer shell reticulated. Sketchily executed willow reeds decorate the area above the foot. The body of the ewer is in two shells with the outer shell composed of floral motifs and pierced. Two inscription bands which contain verses from a Persian poem encircle the lower portion of the body and the neck. The spout is in the form of rooster's head and the handle is composed of the animal's tail.
Üslup
Seljuk
